The twenty-fourth year of the twenty-first century began somewhat appropriately on a Monday with the usual spate of college football games plus an outdoor pro hockey game on TV. On Tuesday evening the girls basketball team at McCaskey played at home, one of (incredibly) only six home dates on the schedule. I get to see them play infrequently as it is, when a schedule is as imbalanced as this it makes it all the more difficult. The girls play their five division opponents at home plus this one nonleague game, the remaining sixteen involve bus travel one way or another. On this night York was the opponent, the JPM JV won their game while the varsity lost. On Wednesday it was the boys' turn to get on the bus, the destination was thirty miles southwest across the river to Dallastown in York County. This was only the second time I could recall visiting this gym, we were there for a district playoff game in 2016 that I still remember to this day for all the wrong reasons. Things on this night didn't go much better, a case could be made thar it was even worse. The JV squad lost its game, the varsity lost both the game and possibly a big piece of the puzzle. In the second quarter Jared Kumah went down on the endline behind the play, nobody saw what caused it but he needed assistance getting up and to the trainer's room. The final was 69-58, Nemias Tirado led with 19, Kamrun Pugh had 11 and De'Andre Jones added ten. Jared scored six points before he left, Eddie Bencosme and Cesar Peguero had four each, Kaiden Russell and Aiden Burgess finished up the box score with two points each. The club stands at 4-6 overall and moves back into divisional play on Friday at home when Manheim Township visits. The league schedule is enough of a challenge under the best of circumstances, it will be interesting to see how the club reacts for however long Jared is out. Take care, thanks for reading.
